Individual Details
Sam Megdal
(Jun 10, 1885 - Feb 5, 1979)
Events
| Birth | Jun 10, 1885 | Minsk, Russia |  | ||
| Immigration | Abt, 1904 - 1907 |  | | ||
| Marriage | Apr 11, 1910 | Cook County, Illinois, United States - Ethel Smith | | ||
| Census (family) | 1910 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Ethel Smith | | | |
| Census (family) | 1920 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Ethel Smith | | | |
| City Directory (Fam) | 1923 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Ethel Smith | | | |
| Census (family) | 1930 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Ethel Smith | | | |
| Census (family) | 1940 | Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Ethel Smith | | | |
| Death | Feb 5, 1979 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States | | ||
| Alt name | Mendelovitz |
Families
| Spouse | Ethel Smith (1885 - 1960) |
| Child | Goldie (Gloria) Megdal (1911 - 1986) |
| Child | Benjamin Megdal (1913 - 1914) |
| Child | Sarah Megdal (1914 - 1993) |
| Child | Jerome Megdal (1916 - 2005) |
| Child | Herman J. Megdal (1919 - 1997) |
| Child | Lea Megdal (1927 - ) |
Notes
Immigration
Sam Megdal (Mendalovitz) immigrated in either 1905 (1910 Census) or 1904 (1920 Census) or 1907 (1930 Census).Census (family)
In the 1910 census they were renting at 1360 Waller in Chicago. Sam owned a butcher shop.Census (family)
In 1920 they were renting with their children and her parents at 1412 Taylor St. They were not naturalized and he was working as a retail fruit dealer on his own account.City Directory (Fam)
The 1923 Chicago City Directory lists him as a peddler living at 1629 S. Hamlin Ave.Census (family)
In 1930 they were living at 1629 S. Hamlin with their children, her parents and a son in law and granddaughter. They owned the house worth $9000 and he owned a butcher shop. He had applied for naturalization.Census (family)
They were renting ($40/mon) with their children 1405 S. Avers. He was a peddler with a wagon earning $240 per year.Endnotes
1. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index", online database, Ancestry.com, Samuel Megdal: Death: Feb 1979 (reaccessed Feb 20 2015) [E-0484].
2. California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, "California Death Index 1940-1997", online index, Ancestry.com, Samuel Megdal: Death: Feb 5, 1979 (reaccessed Feb 20 2015) [E-0346].
3. 1910 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Sam Mandelowitz [sic]: Chicago Ward 10; Roll: T624_251; Page: 19B; ED: 0529; FHL microfilm:1374264 [E-0728].
4. Cook County Clerk, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1940", database, Familysearch.org, Birth: Benjamin Mendelowitch: Mar 27, 1913, GS Film Number: 1288275, Digital Folder Number: 004298239, Image Number: 00517 (accessed July 26 2014) [E-1474].
5. 1930 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Sarah Mandelowitz [sic]: Chicago: Film T626-454, ED: 874, Sheet 5B (accessed Feb 23 2003) [E-0425].
6. 1910 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Sam Mandelowitz [sic]: Chicago Ward 10; Roll: T624_251; Page: 19B; ED: 0529; FHL microfilm:1374264 [E-0728].
7. 1920 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Samuel Mandlovitz [sic]: Chicago Ward 19; Roll: T625_330; Page: 16A; ED: 1104; Image: 646 [E-0413].
8. Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920, database online; Familysearch.org, Sam Mendelson and Ethel Smith, Apr 11,1910 (accessed Jan 23 2013) [E-1395].
9. 1910 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Sam Mandelowitz [sic]: Chicago Ward 10; Roll: T624_251; Page: 19B; ED: 0529; FHL microfilm:1374264 [E-0728].
10. 1920 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Samuel Mandlovitz [sic]: Chicago Ward 19; Roll: T625_330; Page: 16A; ED: 1104; Image: 646 [E-0413].
11. "Polks Chicago Directory", digital images, ChicagoAncestors.org, Saml Mendelovitz: 1923 Page 1623 (accessed Oct 9 2018) [E-2415].
12. 1930 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Sam Mandelowitz: Chicago: Film T626-454, ED: 874, Sheet 5B (accessed Feb 23 2003) [E-0425].
13. 1940 U.S. Census: Illinois, Cook County, population schedule, Digital images, Ancestry.com, Samuel Menderitz [sic]: Chicago; Roll: T627_970; Page: 7B; ED: 103-1547 (accessed Feb 21 2015) [E-2069].
14. California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, "California Death Index 1940-1997", online index, Ancestry.com, Samuel Megdal: Death: Feb 5, 1979 (reaccessed Feb 20 2015) [E-0346].
15. Anybirthday.com, internet database, (www.Anybirthday.com).
16. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index", online database, Ancestry.com, Samuel Megdal: Death: Feb 1979 (reaccessed Feb 20 2015) [E-0484].